Kansas Prairie Pickers Association

Section 1

This section contains articles borrowed (legally) from other sources
or written just for here. They are intended to be broadly of interest to
people who are interested in bluegrass/acoustic music. Hope you find
something useful or entertaining.

Note: This section is being build now. Many
of the articles are pending approval of the authors. Hopefully they will
grant permission, at which time we will make them available from here.

Section 2

This section contains links to other web pages that have collections of articles. There
is no need in reproducing them here as long as they are accessible.

Check out the articles on the Homespun Tapes
site by going to their "Music Forum" section (and browse through their neat
instructional cassettes, videos and CDs while you're there). A sampling of
article titles:

What is Old-time Music? by Mike Seeger

Some Helpful Hints On Performing, by Happy Traum

Banjo Picking Styles: Which Should You Learn?

Guitar Picking Styles: Which Sould You Learn?

others...

Check out the articles on the Cybergrass site
by going to their "Articles" section. A sampling of article titles:

Check out the articles in the "Picker's Corner" section of SouthWest Bluegrass
Association, at www.s-w-b-a.com. A sampling
of article titles:

How Hard Is It To Learn How To Play Banjo?

Left Hand Finger Exercises, by Bob Kensinger

Aches and Pains, by Henry D. Childs, M.D.

The 12 Rules of Practicing, by Wynton Marsalis

others...

Check out the articles by Harvey Reid at http://www.woodpecker.com/writing/articleindex.html. Harvey
is an acoustic wizard of the guitar and autoharp, appeared at the Walnut Valley
Festival several years and released several albums. His published
articles (in Banjo Newsletter, Fretts Magazine, Acoustic Guitar and Bluegrass
Unlimited) are:

The Puzzle of the 6-String Banjo

An Acoustic Musician's Guide to Digital Recording

Making Your Own Digital Recording

Plugging in a Bluegrass Band in the Age of Unplugged

Overview: Amplifying Your Acoustic Guitar

He has over twenty more unpublished articles. A sampling from those titles are: